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GAR GOUPLING.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

h GEORGE H. ADAM, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY..

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,788, dated June 20, 1882. Application inea March 2s, 1882. (No moaei.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. ADAM, of louisville, in the county of Jeffersomand in the State of Kentucky, have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Oar-Gouplin gs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference 1o marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in car-couplers; and it has for its object to provide certain means whereby the cars may be coupled and uncou pled from the top of one of the cars on the platform withoutnecessitating the entrance of the employ between the cars, thus obviating the danger attendant upon the ordinary couplers and method of op- 2o erating the same. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a sectional view of a draw-head, showing my improved coupling de- 2 5 vices. Fig. 2 represents a top view of the draw-head and coupling devices; and Fig. 3 represents a front view of the car, showing the mechanism for operating the coupler.

TheletterA indicates the draw-head, which 3o is provided with the usual flaring mouth, just back of which, on the inside ofthe opening, is a curved abutment, C, against which thelower end ofthe pin is forced by the entering link, so as t0 elevate the pin, as more fully hereinafter specified. The pin is pivoted to the end of a lever, D, which is fulcrumedat E in the draw-head, the rear of the lever being provided with a bent arm, F, against the upper surface of which bears the curved lever G ful- 40 crumed in the draw-head, The lower end of the pin, when down, rests in a depressedseat having an abrupt wall, H, in front, the rear wall, I, bein g gradually curved upward, so that when the pin is forced backward by the link the end of the pin will be guided upward until the link, passing underpin, permits it to drop forward and downward, so as to secure the link.

The letter K indicates two seats located on 5o opposite sides of the draw-head, on the lower side of the same, for the reception of an extra link, L, in case the ordinary link-is injured or broken and Mindicates two vertical apertures,

in which extra pins N are carried to supply the place of the ordinary pin should the same be injured, the pins passing down through the extra link to hold it in place.

The letter P indicates an abutment on the draw-head, which sets against the front of the car when in place.

The letter R, Figs. 1 and, indicates avertical rod, which bears upon the end of the lever G, so that when depressed it will raise the forward end of the coupling-pin lever'by depressing the rear end. The said rod extends upward through staples secured to the forward wall or other portion of thecar. The said rod is provided with a treadle, S, at its upper end, which may be operated by the foot to depress the rod. The said rod hasl secured to it, on opposite sides, rods T, which connect with the angle-levers T tulcrumed to the car. These levers connect with rods U extending to each side and passing through staples, the rods heing provided with handles V, by means ot' which they may be moved horizontally, so as to operate the coupling device from either side.

It will be seen from the above that .the cars may be coupled from the top, platform, or either side of the car'without necessitating the entrance of the train-hands between the cars, obviating the dangerl attendant upon the ordinary method of coupling.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. In combination, with the draw-head having a depressed seat for the coupling-pin and an abrupt front wall and agradu'ally-curvin g rear wall, the coupling-pin pivoted to a lever, and the lever bearing against the rear of the coupling-pin lever, the whole arranged to be operated to couple or uncouple the cars, substantially as specified.

2. The draw-head provided with receptacles for an extrav link and pins, to'be employed in case ofinjury to the ordinary links and pins, substantially as and for the purposes specified. In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of 1 two witnesses, this 2d day ot' March, 1882.

GEORGE H. ADAM. Witnesses:

F. J. SCHWEITZER, FRANK T. BALLES.

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